Expounding on the post I made the other day about Lower Mill:
If there was a water wheel, how was it situated? If it needed to be dipped in the water, then it must have been at least 30′ in diameter. That’s far larger than any wheel I know of. If the wheel was just pushed [...]
Posted a new article up on NJPB. Check it out. It’s about a ~100 year old canal, located out in the woods near New Lisbon in Burlington County, that failed because the builders didn’t realize that water didn’t flow uphill. Somehow, I think there is more to it than that.